New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. [1975]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0684145618 . A lovely first edition / first printing in Near Fine condition with lightly rubbed bottom edges and corners of boards and head of spine in an alike clipped dust jacket with chipped bottom and top edges, and slightly yellowed inside panels. Twenty-five B & W illustrations; (Anthony Lomas)Jonathan Swift: A Life is the biography of the 17th century author, Jonathan Swift. It is written by the historian A. L. Rowse and was published in 1986. The book covers Swift's life from his birth in 1667 to his death in 1745.; B & W Plates; 8vo ; 240 pages .

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Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin. He is remembered for works such as Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, Drapier's Letters, The Battle of the Books, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, and A Tale of a Tub.

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Bookseller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 60074
Title: Jonathan Swift - 1st Edition / 1st Printing
Author: Rowse, A. L
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10: 0684145618
ISBN 13: 9780684145617
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: [1975]
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